Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu: The chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said attempts are being made to give religious colour to the rape and murder case of minor Asifa in Kathua.

She said it was a heinous crime but some are people are giving it a religious colour and forces are attempting to divide the religious co-existence of Jammu region.

Addressing  youth convention of party Sunday here she said even the attack at Sunjwana  was an attack on Hindu-Muslim brotherhood in  Jammu.

CM said once Mahatma Gandhi had said he sees ray of hope in Kashmir and today I see the say  ray of hope in Jammu, for which late CM an founder of PDP Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had a special soft-corner .